---
type: "Bill"
title: "Arizona America250 commission"
description: "Arizona America250 commission"
jurisdiction: "us/states/az"
legislature: "Arizona Legislature"
session: "55th-2nd-regular"
identifier: "SB 1497"
citation: "Arizona SB 1497 (55th-2nd-regular)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vince Leach"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/406b3c20-3434-4591-9116-97a85e70f53d"
source_url: "https://apps.azleg.gov/BillStatus/BillOverview/77451?SessionId=125"
source_hash: "312f0fe9a5a5d2277b8254437e61dd80a156d6eb1e2255f6186e1f89a61fd6c6"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-az"]
---

# Arizona SB 1497 (55th-2nd-regular) — Arizona America250 commission

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Chaptered Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/laws/0049.pdf)
2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1497p.pdf)
3. **SENATE - Government** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/adopted/s.1497gov.pdf)
4. **Senate Engrossed Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.azleg.gov/legtext/55leg/2r/bills/sb1497s.pdf)

## Votes

- do pass amended — **0–0** (fail) · upper
- Passed — **24–4** (pass) · upper
- Passed — **58–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Vince Leach — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-01-27** Senate First Reading `reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Senate Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-02-07** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-17** DPA `amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-23** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-24** Transmit to House
- **2022-03-02** House First Reading. `reading-1`
- **2022-03-03** House Second Reading `reading-2`
- **2022-03-09** DP `committee-passage`
- **2022-03-14** House Placed on Consent Calendar
- **2022-03-17** PASSED `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-17** Transmit to Senate
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/406b3c20-3434-4591-9116-97a85e70f53d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Arizona legislature records).